ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT
Assessments in Round 7
22/2 – 12/3
Find out what assessments are happening in this assessment round, with links to appropriate revision resources.
Year 7
Essay writing holistic assessment
You will be assessed on all four Year 7 essay writing skills
Discourse Knowledge Check
- Revise using the glossary
- Terms to revise: Antagonist, Biography, Fiction, Paragraph, Prose, Suspense, Tension
Year 8
Character and setting Combined Skill Check
In this Skill Check you will be assessed on two different skills at the same time:
- Creating a character: revise using this guide
- Describing a setting in vivid detail: revise using this guide
Discourse Knowledge Check
- Revise using the glossary
- Terms to revise: Antagonist, Characterisation, Conflict, Direct speech, Fiction, Indirect speech, Narrative voice, Novel, Protagonist, Symbolism
Year 9
Full GCSE-style essay on ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’
- Revise using your copy of the story and notes from class; you can also revise the skills you’re least confident with using our essay writing guides
Rhetorical devices Knowledge Check
- Revise using the glossary
- Terms to revise: Alliteration, Assonance, Listing, Metaphor, Oxymoron, Personification, Repetition, Rule of three, Sibilance, Simile
Year 10
Explaining and analysing evidence Combined Skill Check
In this Skill Check you will be assessed on three different skills at the same time:
- Explaining evidence: revise using this guide
- Analysing language form and structure: revise using the guides in this series
- Explaining big ideas and context: revise using this guide to big ideas and this guide to context
Character and setting Combined Skill Check
In this Skill Check you will be assessed on two different skills at the same time:
- Creating a character: revise using this guide
- Describing a setting in vivid detail: revise using this guide
Rhetorical devices Knowledge Check
- Revise using the glossary
- Terms to revise: Alliteration, Assonance, Listing, Metaphor, Oxymoron, Personification, Repetition, Rule of three, Sibilance, Simile